ITV viewers are set for a schedule shake-up to their regular programming tonight.
Changes by the broadcaster will see ITV News at 10 instead be aired at a different time.
It comes as there will be a General Election multi-party debate tonight (June 13) from 8.30pm.
Ahead of the General Election taking place next month, representatives from seven parties will be participating.
This includes Penny Mordaunt for Conservative Party, Angela Rayner for Labour Party, Daisy Cooper for Liberal Democrats and Stephen Flynn for SNP.
Joining them will be Nigel Farage for Reform UK, Carla Denyer for Green Party and Rhun ap Iorwerth for Plaid Cymru.
Meanwhile, the programme will be broadcast across multiple channels, namely ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.
Previously, ITV aired the first head-to-head General Election debate on June 4.
This debate took place between Rishi Sunak, leader of the Conservative Party, and Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party.
The General Election debate is set to run for 90 minutes.
As a result of the schedule changes, ITV News at 10 has been pushed back to a later time.
Regular viewers needn’t worry, however, as the news programme will instead be on just ten minutes later, at 10.10pm.
Back in April, viewers of the flagship news bulletin were left horrified when a presenter fell ill during a live broadcast.
Rageh Omaar, 56, was fronting the programme when he sparked concern by appearing shaky on-screen and struggled to get his words out.
Although Rageh completed the broadcast, a repeat of the programme was pulled from ITV’s +1 channel, and a spokesperson revealed medics were treating him.
Some viewers – including medical professionals watching – were furious with ITV and its news production arm ITN, for not replacing Rageh on the show when it was clear he was not well.
Who is ITV News presenter Rageh Omaar?
Rageh has been a familiar face on British screens for years on both the BBC and ITV
Rageh, 56, was born July 19, 1967 and is a Somali-born British journalist and writer – best known as a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq.
He was born in Mogadishu, and moved to the UK when he was just two.
Rageh started his TV career at the BBC in 2004 where he worked in Ethiopia as the broadcaster’s first Africa correspondent.
In January 2013, he moved to ITV News where he became special correspondent.
The following year he was promoted International Affairs Editor and has became a regular fronting both the lunchtime and evening news bulletins since 2017.
On September 19, 2022, he was one of the Royal reporters covering the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.
Away from our screens, Rageh is married to Georgiana Rose Montgomery-Cuninghame and they have three children.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, one person raged: “Hope you’re OK @ragehomaar. I was appalled to see that @itvnews let you continue the broadcast.
“I’d have pulled you off at the first VT. Raises questions about the duty of care.”
Another added: “Just seen the video on TikTok of last night’s ITV News. I hope Rageh Omaar makes a full recovery.
“I’m genuinely surprised that nobody pulled him off air. Yes, it was a live broadcast but clearly he required attention.”
